11:42 PM,
Jun. 17, 2014

Cleveland cornerback Justin Gilbert towels off at a mandatory minicamp practice Thursday at the Browns training facility in Berea.

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Lindsay H. Jones
USA Today

BEREA - For now, Justin Gilbert is the other guy - the other player the Cleveland Browns picked in the first round of May's draft.

Being that other guy - the Round 1 choice not named Johnny Manziel - has brought a welcome sense of anonymity to Gilbert during his first rookie offseason. When he reports to his first NFL training camp, he'll still be the other guy, just another talented rookie fighting for his own starting job.

It might be an uncomfortable position for some, a challenge to the ego of a top-10 pick whom the Browns thought was the best cornerback in this year's draft. But to assume that means ...